Watching the pre-game for the Super Bowl, I found it confounding and distressing that a national effort to raise money and rebuild Haiti continues while many U.S. citizens in New Orleans still have no homes.

One American, Brad Pitt, is building 150 “green homes” and paying

$5 million out of his own pocket along with those contributing to his “Make it Right” program. But where are all the other Americans to help our own citizens?

What happened in Haiti is tragic and humanitarian help is needed, but should we forget our own citizens and the needs of people in America that cannot restore their lives without help? Where is the advertisement to call a hot line to donate $10 for rebuilding New Orleans and other areas devastated five years ago this summer? Does the earth have to move before anybody cares?